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Climate change and transportation legislation is back in Connecticut, without the TCI part
Senate Bill 4, a comprehensive climate and transportation bill, would start several large clean transportation programs.
Northeast states abandon cap-and-trade plan for cars
Another American carbon pricing plan has died. The Transportation and Climate Initiative — a cap-and-trade program covering cars in three Northeastern states and the District of Columbia — was abandoned last week after Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) pulled the plug on the program.
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Multistate plan to cut traffic emissions hits roadblock in Connecticut
RI was among 13 states looking to form the regional partnership
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Why activists distrust this plan to cut emissions from cars and trucks
Many justice advocates fear the initiative will leave overburdened communities behind.
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Virginia should look to Maryland for electric vehicle policy, report says
A Charlottesville nonprofit group says point-of-sale rebates and inventory requirements for dealers could help the commonwealth catch up with its neighbor. More than half of Virginians are amenable to electrifying their next ride. But both a shortage of car lot inventory and a lack of point-of-sale rebates are stalling the electric vehicle adoption rate at […]
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Fossil fuel industry and Koch network fighting Pennsylvania's move to join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
As Pennsylvania took a significant step this week towards joining a regional climate initiative to curb carbon pollution from power plants, newly revealed email records show how fossil fuel interests campaigned to oppose it.
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Justin Gillis: Would you pay higher gas prices to slow the climate crisis?
Governors in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States are pondering that question.
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